Cloud Logging for Security and Beyond

This article provides a practical framework for designing a cloud logging strategy across AWS, Azure, and GCP, emphasizing the distinction between control and data plane logs, alignment with business and regulatory needs, and cost optimization. It outlines key logging categories (audit, compute, network, secrets, cloud-native storage, database, Kubernetes), discusses visibility gaps and retention considerations, and recommends centralizing logs to support monitoring, threat hunting, and incident response.